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The Encomienda System Among Native Americans
Encomienda System

The encomienda system gave settlers the right to tax local native americans or to make them work for them. According to United States History (2012) Native Americans were forced to endure the backbreaking work of mining gold and silver. The native americans were forced to work in terrible weather conditions. The native americans were treated as slaves. For example they were beaten on a daily basis. Colonists also forced native americans to work on their plantations.

There are many ways the encomienda system is different from african slavery one way is that some african nations enslaved their own people.While the encomienda was local slaves were used. According to AP World History (2011) The encomienda system was forced
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